Portuguese · Picking up your child
The teacher asks you to bring a change of clothes: what to say in Portuguese
The nursery teacher asks you to bring a change of clothes or nappies.
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How it's done. Nurseries usually keep a spare set of clothes; label things with the child's name - they get lost easily.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Precisa de trazer roupa para mudar.Prih-SIH-zuh d truh-ZEHR ROH-puh pruh moo-DAHR.
You need to bring a change of clothes.
They might also say:
Hoje sujou a roupa toda na pintura.
Ohzh soo-ZHOH uh ROH-puh TOH-duh nuh peen-TOO-ruh.
Today they got all their clothes dirty with paint.
YOU REPLY
Quantas mudas de roupa?
KWAHN-tuhsh MOO-duhzh d ROH-puh?
How many changes of clothes?
THEY SAY
Duas mudas chegam.DOO-uhzh MOO-duhsh SHEH-gow.
Two changes are enough.
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YOU REPLY
Está bem, amanhã trago.
Shtah bayn, uh-muh-NYAHN TRAH-goo.
All right, I'll bring it tomorrow.
THEY SAY
Muito bem! E ponha o nome na roupa.MWEE-too bayn! Ee POH-nyuh oo nohm nuh ROH-puh.
Very good! And put a name on the clothes.
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YOU FINISH
Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you very much!
Or say:Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Precisa
Prih-SIH-zuh
verb
you need? (precisa de - you need)
trazer
truh-ZEHR
verb
to bring
roupa
ROH-puh
noun
clothes
mudar
moo-DAHR
verb
to change
mudas
MOO-duhzh
noun
changes of clothes
chegam
SHEH-gow
verb
are enough
15 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode repetir, por favor?
Pod rih-pih-TEER, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
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